On September 9, two bomb blasts occurred in Jhapa District of Province No.1, reports The Himalayan Times. According to the reports, a powerful pressure cooker exploded at Sahara Nepal Cooperatives in Charpane of Birtamod Municipality, damaging the main gate of the cooperative and the guard room. Another blast took place at the premises of Gauradaha Municipality Office damaging a scorpio jeep. Netra Bikram Chand-led Communist Party of Nepal (CPN-Maoists-Chand) has claimed responsibility for the twin blasts. In a statement, the spokesperson of CPN-Maoists-Chand Jhapa secretary Manish, the blasts was a warning to the corrupt officials to mend their ways.